Support for dust-collector tubes.



No. 690,455. Patented Jan. 7, I902.

0. E. McMEANS.

I SUPPORT FOR DUST COLLECTOR TUBES.

(Application filed May 13, 1901.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet l.

No. 690,455. Patented Jan. 7, 1902.

0. E. McMEA-NS. Y

SUPPORT FOR DUST COLLECTOR TUBES.

(Application filed May 13, 1901.)

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

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ORANGE E. MCMEANS, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO RICHMOND CITY MILL\VORKS, OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, A CORPORATION OF IN DIANA.

SUPPORT FOR DUST-COLLECTOR TUBES.

$PECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 690,455, dated January'7, 1902.

Application filed May 13, 1901. Serial No. 59,999. (No modem To all whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, ORANGE E. MOMEANS, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Richmond, in the county of IVayne and State ofIndiana, have invented a new and useful Support for Dust-CollectorTubes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved detachable support for the cloth orother col- 1o lector-tubes used in dust-collectors.

The object of my invention is to provide a support for dust-collectortubes of such character that the tubes may be easily and quicklyinserted and withdrawn from the machine without stopping the operationof said machine, whereby the tubes may be cleaned, repaired, orreplaced.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention as applied to adust-collector of the general construction shown in Patent No. 641,681,issued January 23, 1900, to E. R. Draver.

Figure l is a longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a transverse section online 2 20f Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detached perspective detail.

Heretofore collector-tubes have been so mounted in the machine that inorder to remove said tubes for cleaning, repair, and renewal it has beennecessary to stop the operation of the machine. In my presentconstruction the collectortubes 4 are mounted in groups in cells 5, thetop of each of which is provided with a trapdoor 6. In the patentheretofore mentioned each group of tubes is attached at its upper endupon a transverse rod similar to my rod 7, the attachment being such asto be difificult to separate. Each rod 7 is provided with an arm 8 ateach of its ends, the said arms 40 being pivotally supported in theframe of a cell at their free ends. Mounted above each rod 7 is abell-crank lever 9, one arm of which is connected bya link 10 to theadjacent rod 7, the arrangement being such that an oscillation of thebell-crank lever will cause an oscillation of the rod, said oscillationbeing accomplished by means of'an endless belt 11, carrying a block 12,which serves to auto matically close the trap-doors 6 in succes 5o sionand to correspondingly oscillate levers 9 in succession.

In my present construction the upper ends of all of the tubes 4 of eachgroup are secured to a transverse bar 18, provided upon its upper facewith one or more hooks 14, which may be hooked over the rod 7. The lowerends of the tubes 4 are secured to a second transverse bar 15. Mountedin each cell 5,at one end thereof, is a projecting tongue 16, beneathwhich one end of the bar 15 may be placed. Mounted below tongue 16 is asecond tongue 17 a distance from tongue 16 equal to the thickness of bar15. Tongue 17 may project from the same face of the cell as tongue 16;but it is preferable that said tongue project from that wall of cell 5at right angles to tongue 16 in order to form a better support for bar15. Pivoted to that end of bar 15 opposite tongues 16 and 17 is a button18, adapted to enter a recess 19, formed in the adjacent end of thecell. One wall of the cell is provided with an opening 20 of a sizesuificient to allow the withdrawal of the bars 13 and 15 and the partssecured thereto.

In operation each group of collector-tubes normally consists of the twocross-bars l3 and 15 and the tubes secured to and extending between saidbars. In order to remove a group of tubes from the machine, the operatoropens a'door 21, leading to the opening 20, and by turning button 18 outof recess 19 the button end of the bar 15 may be swung upward and thebar withdrawn from between tongues 16 and 17. The hooks of bar 13 may bethen lifted off of the cross-rod 7, so that the withdrawal or insertionof a group of tubes may be accomplished during the operation of themachine and without in any manner disturbing the operation of theremaining groups.

I claim as my invention 0 1. Ina dust-collector, the combination with aninclosing casing, of one or more collectortubes, a bar secured to oneend of said tubes,

a tongue carried by the casing in position to receive one end of saidbar therebeneath, a second tongue arranged in said casing so as toproject beneath said bar, a catch carried by the other end of said barand adapted to coact with the casing, a second bar secured to theopposite ends of said tubes, and means we carried by the second bar fordetachably su'spending the same to vibrating means.

2 In adust-collector, the combination with an inclosing casing, of oneor more collectortubes, a bar secured to one end of said tubes, a tonguecarried by the casing in position to receive one end of said bartherebeneath, a catch carried by the other end of said bar and adaptedto coact with the casing, a second bar secured to the opposite ends ofsaid tubes, hooks carried by said second bar, and means mounted in thecasing for receiving said hooks.

3. In a dust-collector, the combination with an inciosing casing, of areciprocating rod mounted therein, one or more collector-tubes,

ORANGE E. MOMEANS.

Witnesses: HENRY A. MOORE, HAMLIN T. LEMON.

